{"id":8317,"date":"2024-05-01T16:46:49","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T11:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=435923"},"modified":"2024-05-01T16:46:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T11:16:49","slug":"kkr-pacer-harshit-rana-faces-ban-and-fine-for-ipl-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/kkr-pacer-harshit-rana-faces-ban-and-fine-for-ipl-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"KKR pacer Harshit Rana faces ban and fine for IPL breach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In a disciplinary blow, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) pacer Harshit Rana has been handed a one-match suspension and slapped with a 100 percent fine for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct during their recent encounter against Delhi Capitals (DC).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The incident occurred during match 47 at the iconic Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday. Rana was found guilty of a Level 1 offence under Article 2.5 of the IPL\u2019s Code. He admitted to the violation and accepted the Match Referee\u2019s sanction, leading to stringent action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Despite this setback, Rana has been a standout performer in IPL 2024, impressing with his exceptional bowling prowess that has seen him claim 11 wickets in just eight matches.\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">However, this marks Rana\u2019s second run-in with disciplinary issues, as he had previously been fined 60% of his match fees by the BCCI for giving a flying-kiss send-off to Sunrisers Hyderabad\u2019s batter\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Mayank<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Agarwal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">That action drew criticism from fans and cricketing legend Sunil Gavaskar, who voiced disappointment over the lack of sportsmanship and\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">decorum<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Gavaskar stated, \u201cHe should not have done that. Did the batsman do anything to him when he\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">was hitting<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0him for sixes?\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Cricket can be played<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0without these antics.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rana\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">was\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">nonetheless<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0retained<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and picked two vital blows in the form of KKR\u2019s seven-wicket triumph over Delhi Capitals, coach Abhishek Porel, and Rasikh Salam.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Therefore, with ten points on the table, the Kolkata Knight Rider remains the team to beat in Group 1. As Rana misses out on the next game, he\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">will be hoping<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to learn from this experience and maintain discipline.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a disciplinary blow, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) pacer Harshit Rana has been handed a one-match suspension and slapped with\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":31172,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3609,3720,117],"class_list":["post-8317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-harshit-rana","tag-ipl-2024","tag-kkr"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8317\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}